Townsend Reed
Hometown: Whitefish, Montana | Active: 2024-present | Known for: 2024 junior freeride title, Kicking Horse Challenger podium in 2026 | Sponsors: Faction Skis | Disciplines: freeride, big mountain skiing
Cloud and flat light covered Kicking Horse in April 2025 when Townsend Reed met Ry Mann for an all-mountain game of SLVSH. Instead of rails and shaped jumps, the two skiers worked through cliffs, chutes and natural transitions around the British Columbia resort. Backflips, 360s and straight airs became the calls. For Reed, the session connected the freestyle tricks in his skiing with the freeride competition path that had already taken him from Whitefish to national junior events.
Breckenridge 2024: Flathead rider takes title
Reed skied for Flathead Freeride during his junior years in Montana. In April 2024, he won the International Freeskiers & Snowboarders Association junior freeride championship in Breckenridge. The result came during his senior year at Whitefish High School and established him as one of the leading U19 skiers in the Region 2 system before his move toward international junior competition.
IFSA 2024: Canyon Cherney leads season
The IFSA season standings placed Reed fifth among U19 ski men in 2024. Canyon Cherney finished first, followed by Zebedee Schreiber, Hayes Livernois and Sam Ogryzlo. Reed represented Flathead Freeride, the Whitefish-area programme that had developed him through junior big-mountain competition and helped qualify him for the following winter's Junior World Championships.
Kappl 2025: Noah Peizerat wins worlds
Reed represented Region 2 at the 2025 YETI Freeride Junior World Championships in Kappl, Austria. The Quellspitze venue rose to 8,825 feet and provided roughly 1,150 feet of vertical. Reed started fourth among the male skiers and attacked the upper face before falling close to the finish. The official result placed him 23rd, while Noah Peizerat won ahead of Leo Flett and Mika Rolshoven. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="0"}
Region 2 2025–26: Challenger pathway opens
After his junior season, Reed moved into the senior freeride pathway. The 2026 Region 2 Challenger qualification list named him among the riders pre-qualified from the 2025 IFSA Qualifier season, alongside Dante Ginaca, Wyatt Gentry, Jackson Bathgate, Leif Gascoigne and Orion Cherney. The move placed Reed one level below the main Freeride World Tour. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="1"}
Kicking Horse 2025: Ry Mann meets SLVSH
The Ry Mann vs Townsend Reed game was filmed at Kicking Horse in April 2025 and released in September 2026. SLVSH identifies Reed as coming from Whitefish, Montana, while Mann represented Sun Valley, Idaho. The ten-minute game moved the format onto steep all-mountain terrain, with poor visibility forcing both skiers to use the resort's cliffs and chutes rather than a conventional park. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="2"}
Kicking Horse 2026: Kane Gascoigne wins
Reed returned to the same mountain for the 2026 IFSA Challenger Stop #3 and finished third. Kane Gascoigne won, Tyler Curle placed second and Reed completed the ski men's podium ahead of Nathan Pruzan and Louis Overington. The result earned Reed 2,930 event points and gave him the strongest senior freeride competition result found in his current record. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="3"}
Utah 2026: Faction joins Reed's path
Faction Skis currently lists Reed in its athlete roster and describes him as a University of Utah finance and business student skiing around Alta. The brand highlights the combination of freestyle tricks and big-mountain lines in his skiing and identifies the FWT Challenger circuit as his current competition level. Reed's move to Utah therefore adds Alta terrain to a career that began around Whitefish and Flathead Freeride. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="4"}
Main competition results
- 2025/26 — FWT Challenger, Kicking Horse — Freeride — 3rd
- 2023/24 — IFSA Junior Freeride Championship, Breckenridge — Freeride — 1st
Selection of his strongest results. Not a complete competition record.
Selected filmography
- 2026 — Ry Mann vs Townsend Reed — SLVSH — Full segment
Selection of his main film projects. Not a complete filmography.
